Swamin, There is no choice but totally agree with your views. I can not claim to be a scholar but I may kindly be permitted to state thoughts occurred to me after reading your learned note.We all know that we have Itihasas and Puranas to know about the incarnations of Sriman Narayana to save the pious and to deal with demons who subject the pious to torture which is what stated in Srimad Bhagavadgita.Among these sources, the earliest was Sri Valmiki Ramayana. Only afterwards, Sri Mahabharata and the various Puranas came.And Sri Ramayana was composed by Sri Valmiki under the guidance of Sri Narada & Brahma himself. He was blessed to write this Itihasa even though he had no experience of composing slokas. He discovered his capability to compose a beautiful sloka accidentally which was also a device of Brahma.Later, Vyasa who composed Mahabharata and all other puranas excepting Sri Vishnu Purana, cannot be compared with him(Valmiki). He was an avatar Himself. My understanding is that Valmiki's Ramayana was close to the Vedic period and his work is close to vedic rites and observations.Therefore, Sita Kalyanam was strictly according to the vedic tradition and a precursor for all to follow.Kindly bear with me for stating all this and pardon me if I have comitted any mistake in my unscholaristic observation.DasanAnbil Srinivasan
MG Vasudevan <vasudevanmg@gmail.com> wrote:Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,I was reading the baala kaNdam of sreemadh raamaayaNam, in particular the seethaa raama kalyaaNam chapter ? viz. sargam 73. Then it struck me this 'seethaa raama kalyaaNam' is something special.Why it is so special? Now look at the descriptions of marriages of all the dhasa avathaarams of supreme lord sreeman naaraayaNan ? [raama - I keep that away for a minute] -1. Mathsya2. Koorma3. Varaaha4. Nrusimha5. vaamana6. parasu raama7. bala raama8. krishNa[ of course 9th kalki, which is yet to be born]In 1 to 6 avatharams, there is NO description of proper detailed procedural marriage ? for ?1 to 4 avathaarams mentioned above are 'short time' avathaarams, and as such no time for conducting an elaborate marriage.5, 6 are brahmachari avathaaramAs such there is no elaborate description available in our sacred texts.For 7 - bala raama - only a small description is available ? as 'he married revathi'.For 8 ? Krishna - his marriage it is more a 'fighting description' ? carrying off rukmini ? and then fighting with her brother ? other marriages with 7 other mahishis ? more simple descriptions only -Seethaa Raama marriage is the only 'vedha uktham' aana kalyaaNam - a vEdhic marriage - as per procedures stated or described in vEdhaas or manu's dharma saasthram - like§ paying a kanyaa sulkam,§ observing vrathams,§ carrying out dhaanams,§ guru coming and performing rituals,§ then vadhu varan performing agni homams like laaja homam ? [performance of hOmams by the newly wed couple] etc.That way 'seethaa raama kalyaaNam' is very special and is fully described by vaalmeeki. The same cannot be said for rukmini kalyaaNam or krishNa's other mahishis.Is my observation correct? I invite any comment[s] / objections to the above observations from the learned bhaagavathaas ? before I proceed further.DhasanVasudevan m.g.
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